1Piri-piri chicken
Best: Maputo
Chicken grilled with fiery bird's-eye chili, garlic and lemon.
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What to eat in Mozambique
The 10 best dishes in Mozambique
Portuguese spice on the Indian Ocean: prawns, piri-piri and coconut.
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2Grilled prawns
Best: Maputo
Huge LM prawns grilled with garlic and piri-piri butter.
3Matapa
Eaten all over Mozambique
Cassava leaves cooked with ground peanuts and coconut milk.
4Xima
Eaten all over Mozambique
Mozambique's stiff maize porridge, eaten with matapa, curries and grilled fish.
5
6Prego roll
Best: Maputo
A thin steak marinated in garlic and piri piri, seared and served in a Portuguese roll.
7A photo like it
8Rissóis de camarão
Eaten all over Mozambique
Half-moon pastries filled with creamy prawn, breaded and fried, a Portuguese snack gone coastal.
9A photo like it
10Pão
Eaten all over Mozambique
Small crusty Portuguese rolls baked in wood ovens.
Where to eat in Mozambique
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